Herbivores
Subtitle: between plants and predators
By: edited by H. Olff, V.K. Brown, R.H. Drent.
Contributors: Brown, Valerie K.; Drent, R. H.; Olff, H.; British Ecological Society. Symposium
Publisher: Blackwell Science; Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Oxford; Malden, Ma
Language: eng
Number of pages: 639
Subjects: Animal-plant relationships -- Congresses.; Herbivores -- Ecology -- Congresses.; Herbivores -- Food -- Congresses.; Plant defenses -- Congresses.
Description: "This book brings together authors from different disciplines including evolutionary ecology, entomology, plant and animal ecology, biochemistry, physiology and behavioural ecology. By taking herbivores as the point of focus, it provides a series of comprehensive reviews emphasizing the links between these different fields of interest. The book provides an up-to-date overview of knowledge in the field, and suggests many interesting directions for future research."--Jacket.
Notes: "The 38th Symposium of the British Ecological Society in cooperation with the Netherlands Ecological Society held at the Wageningen Agricultural University the Netherlands, 1997."

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.